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January 1996 - Higher 5-a-day

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January 1996

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st January 1996A price rises by 20% and then falls by 10%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  2. 2nd January 1996A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 42°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  3. 3rd January 19962 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  4. 4th January 1996A histogram class is 20 units wide and contains 80 values. Work out the frequency density.
  5. 5th January 1996Write the recurring decimal 0.8282... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  6. 6th January 1996Expand and simplify (x - 1)(x - 4)(x - 1).
  7. 7th January 1996y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 4, y = 3. Work out y when x = 3.
  8. 8th January 1996A cone has base radius 9 cm and vertical height 21 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  9. 9th January 199617 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  10. 10th January 1996Four classes in order have frequencies 11, 11, 3, 8. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  11. 11th January 1996A bill is £624 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  12. 12th January 1996Make x the subject of y = 5x^2 - 3.
  13. 13th January 1996y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 63. Work out y when x = 7.
  14. 14th January 1996In triangle ABC, angle A is 51°, angle B is 65° and side a is 12 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  15. 15th January 19961 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  16. 16th January 199660 beetles are marked and released. Later 12 are caught, of which 2 are marked. Estimate the population.
  17. 17th January 1996A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 4 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  18. 18th January 1996Factorise x^2 - 36.
  19. 19th January 1996y is directly proportional to x. When x = 8, y = 48. Work out y when x = 6.
  20. 20th January 1996A right-angled triangle has sides 7 cm, 24 cm and 25 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 7 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  21. 21st January 199619 students study Spanish and 8 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  22. 22nd January 1996A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 108 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  23. 23rd January 1996Work out (14 x 10^6) / (2 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  24. 24th January 1996A region is defined by y < -2x - 8. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  25. 25th January 1996A town's population is 2000 and grows by 3% each year. Work out the population after 4 years, to the nearest whole number.
  26. 26th January 1996The point (-1, 5) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (-2, 4). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  27. 27th January 19966 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  28. 28th January 1996A box plot has a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 17. Work out the range.
  29. 29th January 1996Write the recurring decimal 0.666... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  30. 30th January 1996Factorise x^2 - 9x + 20.
  31. 31st January 1996A block has volume 140 cm^3 and density 3 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.

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